Ring
1919 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The maker of this ring, Ethel Williamson Wyatt, was born in 1893 in Lancaster. In the 1911 census, she is listed as a 17 year old school girl living in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne with her father William, a pharmacy traveller, her mother Sophia Gertrude and younger sister Mary. She moved to Manchester School of Art and made this ring for her mother whose initials SGW can be seen inside the hoop, along with the date 1919.
Ethel then trained as a teacher and worked in Egypt, where she met her husband Pat Clayton, an explorer and surveyor on whom Michael Ondaatje based the character of Peter Madox in his novel The English Patient.
Ethel then trained as a teacher and worked in Egypt, where she met her husband Pat Clayton, an explorer and surveyor on whom Michael Ondaatje based the character of Peter Madox in his novel The English Patient.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold with a sapphire and two pearls |
| Brief description | Gold ring, with a circular galleried bezel set with a sapphire flanked by two pearls which are decorated with volutes and pellets. Inside the hoop, in wire 'SGW' and '1919', designed and made by Ethel Williamson Wyatt for her mother. England, 1919 |
| Physical description | Gold ring, with a circular galleried bezel set with a sapphire flanked by two pearls on the shoulders which are decorated with volutes and pellets. Inside the hoop, in wire 'SGW' and '1919' |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'SGW' and '1919 (Inside the hoop, in wire) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss A. L. Wyatt |
| Object history | Historical significance: Made by the artist while a pupil at the Manchester School of Art for her mother, Mrs Sophia Gertrude Wyatt |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The maker of this ring, Ethel Williamson Wyatt, was born in 1893 in Lancaster. In the 1911 census, she is listed as a 17 year old school girl living in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne with her father William, a pharmacy traveller, her mother Sophia Gertrude and younger sister Mary. She moved to Manchester School of Art and made this ring for her mother whose initials SGW can be seen inside the hoop, along with the date 1919. Ethel then trained as a teacher and worked in Egypt, where she met her husband Pat Clayton, an explorer and surveyor on whom Michael Ondaatje based the character of Peter Madox in his novel The English Patient. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.23-1974 |
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| Record created | November 4, 2005 |
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